Bio

Maria C. Mansella holds a BA Cum Laude from Rhode Island College in Secondary Education
with a concentration in French and Italian, minor Portuguese and a Master in Arts
from Middlebury College. Maria C. Mansella attended Brown University, URI and the
Salamanca Summer Immersion Program in Spain. She has taught Bilingual Education-ESL,
Italian, French and Spanish for several Rhode Island elementary and secondary schools,
Rhode Island College, Providence College and Providence College/SCE.

Maria C. Mansella is a Professor at the Community College of Rhode Island where she
teaches Italian and on occasion French and Spanish. In addition, she is a special
lecturer for Providence College School of Continuing Education.

Active in several professional associations, Maria C. Mansella served as President
of RITI (Rhode Island Teachers of Italian) 2000-2004 and as a member of AATI (American Association of Teachers of Italian) she served on their AATI National Examination Committee. She was the Corresponding
Secretary of RIFLA (Rhode Island Foreign Language Association) and RITI Newsletter Co-Editor. Maria C. Mansella served as Vice President of C.A.S.IT.(Centro Attività Scolastiche Italiane) an office of the Italian Consulate in Boston, 2000-2002, and she currently serves
as C.A.S.IT Board Member. She is an active member of AATI, RIFLA, RITI, IAHSRI (Italian American Historical Society of Rhode Island), the Renaissance-Alliance Lodge-Sons of Italy, October Heritage Month Committee
and NOIAW (National Organization Italian American Women).

Maria C. Mansella presented several foreign language workshops at the local and state
levels. Maria C. Mansella organizes and directs the CCRI Summer Travel/Study Program
in Orvieto, Italy.